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In the face of such events, affected victims look to local and state governments, the national police force and homeland security. These authorities often come to the forefront and are highly pressurized to perform when a situation arises. It is in the interest of the local governing bodies to undertake pre-emptive measures and execute protocol smoothly, and with minimum casualties.  On an international level, the responsibility rests on the United Nations, the World Bank, the Salvation Army, and the Red Cross Society for “improved delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected populations.” (Inter Agency Standing Committee, n.d.) These are the heavy-weights in terms of cross country coordination and global assistance. They are the only functioning bodies of authority that can mobilize efforts to relieve the people of a natural/ man-made disaster at such a large scale.



At the moment, the overseeing organization to any international rescue efforts is the United Nations. Their primary objective is coordination and communication between the various countries involved in humanitarian aid. They routinely assess the level of Humanitarian response after every disaster to measure“the preparedness of the international humanitarian organizations to predict crises, prevent them, mitigate their impact on vulnerable populations and respond effectively to their needs.” (Adinolfi, Bassiouni, Lauritzsen, Williams, 2005).

By now, they have allocated a significant amount of resources towards the field of international aid efforts as seen through “the Central Emergency Revolving Fund, the Common Humanitarian Action Plan, Disasters Emergency Committee, Emergency Management Group, Emergency Response Unit, Field Assessment and Coordination Teams, Field Humanitarian Teams, International Search and Rescue Advisory Group to name a few.” (Ibid).